Re: loop-aes nice value

[Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>]

Newsmail wrote:
> I see, why do we need to have the highest priority possible for the loop
> device?

Keeping underlying disk driver request queue filled with requests improves
performance. High priority loop thread helps keeping that request queue
filled.

> and why does -20 just work fine for normal kernels?

Because schedulers are different. Nice -20 with old scheduler does not cause
bad interactivity.

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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